noun
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a person or device that winds, as an engine for hoisting the cages in a mine shaft or a device for winding the yarn in textile manufacture
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an object, such as a bobbin, around which something is wound
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a knob or key used to wind up a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
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any plant that twists itself around a support
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a step of a spiral staircase
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Etymology
Origin of winder
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If using a homemade winder,*** consider gluing or taping the string to the winder so that your string stays connected if you happen to use all of your string to fly the kite.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
His father was a shawl weaver and his mother was a cotton winder.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
The agency shared a photo of the moth with its large orange wings, winder than an outstretched hand shown for scale.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
Inside the house, a cameraman captured a beguiling tableau: There was a glass-topped watch winder, lined with felt and fitted with three fancy-looking timepieces, each traveling in its own hypnotically undulating orbit.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
“Here, take a chair,” he proposed, pushing toward her a low stool; “an’ I’ll set here on the winder sill.
From The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
A potential bottleneck: hiring around 800 more workers, including winders, in a county with a population of about 34,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
To avoid clutter, buy cord winders, tubing, or an organizer to “tame the cord jungle,” HGTV.com says.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2020
Sen. John Boozman is known as a soft-spoken man given more to quietly sharing jokes about his days as a Razorbacks football player than memorable stem winders or full-throated, rallying speeches.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2016
A sign pointed the way to the “Gent’s Toilet”; antique fire pails hung at the ends of each row of yarn winders.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 11, 2016
"Mis' Snoble's feelin' right up to the mark today; we're goin' to beat rugs an' wash winders."
From Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress by Martin, George Madden
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